User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Front Cover
- Inside Front Cover
- Quick Reference Card
- Contents
- Safety and General Information
- General Radio Operation
- Notations Used in This Manual
- XTS 2500 Model III Radio
- Physical Features of the Radio
- Programmable Features
- Display
- Backlight
- Status Symbols
- Menu Entry (Softkey)
- Menu Select Buttons
- Home Button (h)
- W@P™ Button
- 4-Way Navigation Button (o)
- Keypad
- LED Indicators
- Alert Tones
- Standard Accessories
- Remove the Belt Clip
- Universal Connector Cover
- Remote Speaker Microphone Adapter
- Radio On and Off
- Zones and Channels
- Receive / Transmit
- Common Radio Features
- Selectable Power Level
- Radio Lock
- Mute or Unmute Keypad Tones
- Conventional Squelch Options
- PL Defeat
- Time-out Timer
- Emergency
- Lists
- Edit a Call, Page, or Phone List Number
- Scan
- Individual Calls
- Conventional Talkgroup Calls (Conventional Operation Only)
- Status Calls (Trunked Radios Only)
- Repeater or Direct Operation
- Special Radio Features
- Helpful Tips
- Accessories
- Glossary
- Commercial Warranty
- Index
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Common Radio Features
Conventional Squelch Options
Analog Squelch
Tone Private Line (PL), Digital Private-Line (DPL), network ID, and
carrier squelch can be available (programmed) per channel.
Network ID is available only on ASTRO “digital” channels.
Digital Squelch
One or more of the following options may be programmed in your
radio. Consult your service technician for more information.
When in... this condition occurs:
Carrier squelch (C) You hear all traffic on a
channel.
PL, DPL, or network ID The radio responds only
to your messages.
This option... will allow you to hear:
Digital Carrier-
Operated Squelch
(COS)
any digital traffic.
Normal Squelch any digital traffic having
the correct Network
access code.
Selective Switch any digital traffic having
the correct Network
access code and correct
talkgroup.